For the second consecutive year, the IPFW Women’s Tennis team has won the Summit League Tournament and earned a spot in the NCAA tournament.
In the final week of April at the Pine Ridge Racquet and Fitness Club in Fort Wayne, IPFW defeated the Kangaroos from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
“I am so proud of the way our team has competed all season,” Head Coach Eric Burns said. “We had a tougher schedule than last year and we were able to battle through it and achieve our best record in school history and two championships.”
In the singles portion, Caterina Kiefer, the sophomore from Germany, got the ball rolling for the Mastodons with a 6-3 and 6-0 win. After Kiefer’s dominating win, IPFW began to smell the Summit League Championship and took care of business.
With the win, IPFW advanced to the NCAA tournament for the second year in a row. Last season, the Women’s Tennis squad joined the Women’s Volleyball team at NCAA tournaments in the same year. Both teams were knocked out in the first round.
